The Art of
Ryan Barnes

"Open edition" prints are prints that are made to order and will continue to be made to order until they are removed from the store. Because they are made to order, there is vitually an infinite inventory of said prints.

"Limited edition" prints, on the other hand, are limited to a previously set number. Once the inventory is gone, they are gone. Because limited edition prints are special, they are also hand signed and come with a certificate of authenticity.

Any way you really want to!

A big part of my creative practice philosophy is to make art as accessible. So if you want to go all out with custom framing my large posters, go for it. If you want to stick your print on a wall using double sided tape, sticky tack, or thumbtacks, that works too.

For framing, I would recommend either seeing if your local retailer sells frames built for A-series paper sizes or just getting a size up and matting the frame yourself. If nothing else, many online retailers do sell frames for A series prints at a price near the American paper size equivelant.

While A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in.) and letter (8.5 x 11 in.) size paper are very close in size, A4 will NOT fit in a letter sized frame. Keep this in mind when picking out frames.

In a nutshell, A-Series paper has a consistent ratio size so no matter the paper size, I don't have to crop or stretch my image to fit within the margins. This is a serious advantage over North American paper sizes where other then letter (8.5x11) to ledger (11x17), ratio sizes are all over the place meaning I have to spend more time making individual files to print from and less time making art which royally sucks.

CGP Grey also has a fantastic video about metric paper so if you want to learn more about it, go check out their video.